Chocolate Coconut Caramel Birthday Cake

For Melissa’s birthday, I made her a fancy cake. Two layers of chocolate cake and two layers of caramel coconut cake with chocolate coconut caramel buttercream icing between each layer and on top of the whole thing. I covered it in toasted coconut, then drizzled it in caramel sauce. All made from scratch. All vegan. All rich and delicious. I feel lucky that Melissa was willing to share a piece of it with me. Think Girlscout Caramel Delight/Samoa cookie in cake form.  YUM!

My slice!

P.S.  Both pictures taken by Melissa.

Ba-jeezum! I did a ton of birthday baking from mid-June ’til now. From the Severed Unicorn Head Superstore birthday cuppers (post below) to all the human birthdays, I may as well have climbed into the oven myself, just like Hansel and Gretel. Luckily, for all involved, I kept my oven playtime to me staying on the outside.

“Thin Mint” Cookies

Sugar-Crusted Shortbread Cookies

Lime-Coconut Cupcakes

Tiramisu Cupcakes

Thanks to the cookie testing I’m doing, I had some pretty gourmet-looking cookies to give away. Cookie tray worthy. I had some damn tasty cupcakes in there, too. The Tiramisu cuppers ended up kind of ugly, but boy, did they taste like a little bit of paradise. Too bad I have to help eat some of those. You know, before they “go”.